diff --git a/python/cugraph-pyg/cugraph_pyg/tests/test_cugraph_loader.py b/python/cugraph-pyg/cugraph_pyg/tests/test_cugraph_loader.py
index 836b30c9df7..2a79bf203e2 100644
--- a/python/cugraph-pyg/cugraph_pyg/tests/test_cugraph_loader.py
+++ b/python/cugraph-pyg/cugraph_pyg/tests/test_cugraph_loader.py
@@ -29,9 +29,16 @@
 
 torch = import_optional("torch")
 torch_geometric = import_optional("torch_geometric")
-torch_sparse = import_optional("torch_sparse")
+
 trim_to_layer = import_optional("torch_geometric.utils.trim_to_layer")
 
+try:
+    import torch_sparse  # noqa: F401
+
+    HAS_TORCH_SPARSE = True
+except:  # noqa: E722
+    HAS_TORCH_SPARSE = False
+
 
 @pytest.mark.skipif(isinstance(torch, MissingModule), reason="torch not available")
 def test_cugraph_loader_basic(karate_gnn):
@@ -201,9 +208,7 @@ def test_cugraph_loader_from_disk_subset():
 
 
 @pytest.mark.skipif(isinstance(torch, MissingModule), reason="torch not available")
-@pytest.mark.skipif(
-    isinstance(torch_sparse, MissingModule), reason="torch-sparse not available"
-)
+@pytest.mark.skipif(not HAS_TORCH_SPARSE, reason="torch-sparse not available")
 def test_cugraph_loader_from_disk_subset_csr():
     m = [2, 9, 99, 82, 11, 13]
     n = torch.arange(1, 1 + len(m), dtype=torch.int32)
@@ -336,9 +341,7 @@ def test_cugraph_loader_e2e_coo():
 
 
 @pytest.mark.skipif(isinstance(torch, MissingModule), reason="torch not available")
-@pytest.mark.skipif(
-    isinstance(torch_sparse, MissingModule), reason="torch-sparse not available"
-)
+@pytest.mark.skipif(not HAS_TORCH_SPARSE, reason="torch-sparse not available")
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("framework", ["pyg", "cugraph-ops"])
 def test_cugraph_loader_e2e_csc(framework):
     m = [2, 9, 99, 82, 9, 3, 18, 1, 12]